What's up with Rocky Mt. National Park entry?
I have a trip to Western Colorado planned for the last week of June. I will be staying at Westcliffe for a few days with friends, then had planned to go to Dillon for a night, then to Estes Park by wa...
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okhmbldr wrote:
According to the RMNP website the fee is $25.00. Maybe $2.00 goes to the contractor.
2015-2019 they averaged about 4.4 million visitors.
2020 was limited to 3.3 million guests. About 70% of the visits will be during the months the fee is collected.
(Allow about four guests per vehicle and the fee will equal about $70 million this year).
$25 is the entrance fee to the park, this is not new and unless you have a pass (either annual or geezer) you have always had to pay this at the entrance station and still do this year. What is new is that you have to book ahead and pay a $2 reservation fee. You still have to pay $2 even if you have a pass, this is the part of the fee that goes to the contractor.
Based on the estimate above, the park is actually loosing money by reducing visitation, however the experience will be better for the visitors.
